Texas Agriculture Code Title 5, Chapter 101 - Handling And Marketing Of Perishable Commodities

• Texas Section 101.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Handle" means buy for resale, sell, offer to sell, process, broker, or ship for the purpose of selling. (2) "Packer" means...
• Texas Section 101.002 - Perishable Commodities
  (a) This chapter applies to perishable commodities, whether or not packed in ice or held in cold storage, and does not apply to perishable commodities...
• Texas Section 101.003 - License Required
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person may not handle perishable commodities, as owner, agent, or otherwise, without a license or an...
• Texas Section 101.004 - License Or Registration Categories
  A person shall apply for a license if the person: (1) purchases perishable commodities on credit; (2) takes possession of perishable commodities for consignment or...
• Texas Section 101.005 - Application For License
  (a) A person required under Section 101.003 of this code to be licensed or registered shall apply to the department on a form furnished by...
• Texas Section 101.006 - License Fee
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person applying for a license shall include with the license application a refundable license fee, as...
• Texas Section 101.007 - Issuance Or Refusal Of License
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, the department shall issue a license to an applicant who: (1) tenders an application; (2) pays the...
• Texas Section 101.008 - Term And Renewal Of License
  (a) A license expires one year from the date of issuance. (b) A license may be renewed by completion of a renewal application form and...
• Texas Section 101.009 - Licensee List
  The department may publish as often as it considers necessary a list in pamphlet form or on the department's Internet website of all persons licensed...
• Texas Section 101.010 - Transporting Agent Or Buying Agent Identification Card
  (a) In accordance with the rules of the department, a license holder may apply to the department for a reasonable number of identification cards for:...
• Texas Section 101.011 - License Or Identification Card Not Assignable
  A license or identification card is not assignable. Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1255, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts...
• Texas Section 101.012 - Revocation, Modification, Or Suspension Of License Or Identification Card
  (a) The department shall revoke, modify, or suspend a license or identification card, assess an administrative penalty, place on probation a person whose license or...
• Texas Section 101.013 - Payment Of Purchase Price On Demand
  (a) If a licensee or a person required to be licensed causes a producer, seller, or owner, or an agent of a producer, seller, or...
• Texas Section 101.014 - Commission Or Service Charge In Contract
  If a licensee or a person required to be licensed handles perishable commodities by guaranteeing a producer or owner a minimum price and handles the...
• Texas Section 101.015 - Settlement On Grade And Quality
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a licensee or a person required to be licensed shall settle with the producer or seller of...
• Texas Section 101.0151 - Buying Or Selling By Weight
  A licensee or a person required to be licensed who buys or sells perishable commodities by weight shall weigh or have the perishable commodities weighed...
• Texas Section 101.016 - Records Of Purchase
  (a) A licensee or a person required to be licensed or a packer, processor, or warehouseman may not receive or handle perishable commodities without requiring...
• Texas Section 101.017 - Record Of Sale
  (a) Except for a retailer, a licensee or a person required to be licensed shall maintain for each sale a complete and accurate record showing:...
• Texas Section 101.018 - Department Enforcement
  (a) For the purpose of enforcing this chapter, the department shall, on its own initiative or on receipt of a verified complaint, investigate all alleged...
• Texas Section 101.0185 - Civil Penalty; Injunction
  (a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty not to...
• Texas Section 101.019 - Venue Of Civil Or Criminal Action
  The venue of a civil action or criminal prosecution instituted under this chapter is in the county in which the violation occurred, is occurring, or...
• Texas Section 101.020 - Penalties
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) acts in violation of Section 101.003 by not obtaining a license or registration or after...
• Texas Section 101.021 - Conflict With Antitrust Laws
  This chapter does not affect the application of Chapter 15, Business & Commerce Code. If any provision of this chapter is held to conflict with...

Last modified: September 28, 2016